pcntl_exec
(PHP 4 >= 4.2.0, PHP 5)
pcntl_exec — Executes specified program in current process space
Description
void pcntl_exec
( string $path
[, array $args
[, array $envs
]] )
Parameters
-
path
-
path
must be the path to a binary executable or a
script with a valid path pointing to an executable in the shebang (
#!/usr/local/bin/perl for example) as the first line. See your system's
man execve(2) page for additional information.
-
args
-
args
is an array of argument strings passed to the
program.
-
envs
-
envs
is an array of strings which are passed as
environment to the program. The array is in the format of name => value,
the key being the name of the environmental variable and the value being
the value of that variable.
Return Values
Returns FALSE on error and does not return on success.